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Sheviock Parish Page Apprenticeship Indenture for Ann Martyn, dated 27 April 1803This Indenture, made the twenty seventh day
of April in the forty third year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord Geo. the Third by the Grace of God of Great
Britain, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: and in
the Year of our Lord 1803 Witnesseth that John Littleton
Church-Wardens of the Parish of Sheviock in the County of
Cornwall and Samuel Lyne and William Stephens Overseers of
the Poor for the said Parish, by and with consent of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace for the said County whose Names are
hereunto subscribed, have put and placed, and by these Presents do put
and place Ann Martyn aged nine years or thereabouts a poor
Child of the said Parish, Apprentice to Robert Warren of the said
parish of Sheviock in the said County of Cornwall with him
to dwell and serve from the Day of the Date of these Presents, until the
said Apprentice shall accomplish her full age of twenty one
years according to the Statute in that Case made and provided :
During all which Term the said Apprentice her said Master
faithfully shall serve in all Business, according to her Power,
Wit, and Ability: and honestly, orderly, and obediently, in all things
demean and behave herself towards her said Master
and all his during the said Term. And the said Robert
Warren for himself, his Executors, and
Administrators, doth Covenant and Grant, to the said Church-Wardens and
Overseers, and every of them, their and every of their Executors and
Administrators, and their and every of their Successors for the Time
being, by these Presents. That he the said Robert Warren the
said Apprentice in Housewifery shall teach and instruct or
cause to be taught and instructed in the best way and manner that he
can. And shall and will during all the Term aforesaid, find, provide,
and allow, unto the said Apprentice, meet, competent, and sufficient
Meat, Drink, and Apparel, Lodging, Washing, and all other Things,
necessary and fit for an Apprentice; Provided always, That the said last
mentioned Covenant on the said Robert Warren his Executors and
Administrators, to be done and performed, shall continue to be in force
for no longer Time than Three Calendar Months next after the death of
the said Robert Warren in case the said Robert Warren
shall happen to die during the Continuance of such Apprenticeship,
according to the Provisions of an Act passed in the Thirty second Year
of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled "An Act for the further
Regulation of Parish Apprentices" And also shall and will so provide for
the said Apprentice that he be not any way a Charge to the said
Parish or Parishoners of the same: but of and from all Charge
shall and will save the said Parishoners harmless and
indemnified during the said Term.
Sealed and delivered in the Presence of
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